Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Europe, 1963

Southern Europe
1963
Total fertility rate: 2.71
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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Europe was 2.71 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 2,497,473 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
2,497,473
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
120,853,807
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.0%975
15-1921.94.0%105,970
20-24132.524.4%598,559
25-29170.031.3%798,860
30-34121.422.4%575,793
35-3966.912.3%302,331
40-4426.54.9%104,096
45-493.10.6%10,369
50-540.10.0%505